This is the place where you can keep up with our travels by following the WEEKLY BLOG, and viewing our VIDEO LOGS. July of 2014 we crossed over the Canadian border into Alaskan waters, aboard our sailboat the GLORY B., in search of a "divine assignment." We are still there. I hope you will stop by often as the adventure continues...

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Only Believe...

We have gotten into a lot of trouble in
our lives, simply because of the things we have chosen to do. Up to
now, our philosophy has been that there are troubles to deal with
everywhere, so we might as well be doing what we enjoy as we go
along, rather than something we don't. And—after many years—we
still feel that way.

In the early days, our troubles were
mostly self-induced. Inexperience here, a wrong choice there... and
suddenly we would end up in a rainstorm we had created all by
ourselves. But as we got older, the storms got fewer and farther
between, and we even learned a great many “survival ticks” along
the way. The most important being that God will always do what He
says. Always.

Walking around in the Kingdom of God on
earth (which is really what we Christians are doing here) is like
being an ambassador in a foreign country. You live in that country,
but are paid by your own, and are not subject to the laws of their
land. In fact, your embassy (the place where you live) is even
considered the soil of your own native country. According to
international law, it becomes a place of protection that the host
country may not violate. Occasionally, there are wars and casualties,
and—depending on political relationships—you might even be asked
to leave. But that's how it works.

All that to say our “currencies of
exchange” are vastly different. In the Kingdom of God, it is
promises. Not that we don't use money (you need to exchange your
currency for theirs in order to do business, here), we just get it a
different way. We get it by having faith (or trust) that God will do
what He says. He will keep His promises. That's how it's worked for
us all these years. People look at our lives and think we are either
very smart, or total idiots. But the thing about living in the
Kingdom of God is that it doesn't matter which of those you are. You
are still a citizen, covered by all the rights and privileges that go
along with it. At least, that's how I look at it. It helps me to have
something I can relate to in order to hang my faith on.

However, I can't tell you the “whys
and hows” of exactly how God does all this. Which is why I have
resorted to simply making a list (or, an account) of everything He
has done for us, and let people decide for themselves. When
catastrophes began to happen on this trip (they came in bunches), we
did not see a way out. We were in spots we simply couldn't get out of
by ourselves. Yet, I knew God would show up, eventually, and
straighten things out, and promised to tell you all about it when
He did. So, here's the current list:

At our third stop after the border,
where we were going to restock and refuel, there were no funds
waiting for us because our renters skipped out without telling us,
and left the place a disaster. To go back and fix it up would have
taken all the funds we needed to get to Alaska. So, we turned that
situation over to the Lord. Answer: Within two weeks, it was
rented to someone who didn't have enough funds for a deposit, but was
willing to clean it up for a fully refundable one. Everyone was
happy. Extra Blessing: The neighbor who was showing the house
for us discovered the new lady was a woman she had prayed with and
taken care of in the hospital where she worked, and the two were
overjoyed at the thought of being neighbors.

While we were waiting for the above
situation to resolve, the Captain discovered two blades missing off
our prop. Oddly enough, the repair for that was going to cost... the
amount of funds we needed to get to Alaska. We turned that situation
over to the Lord. Answer: There happened to be a usable
propeller in the corner of a shed at the local boatworks, at a price
of $75 instead of $400.

An islander the Captain made friends with
knew of a grid (a place with a cement slab and pier to tie up to that
leaves you “high and dry” to work on the boat between tides) we
could use for free instead of another $400. It was four hours away
and we had no engine, but he towed us behind his boat, stayed
overnight, and helped us work on ours (thank you, Dave!).

Extra
Blessing: It was the cutest little ghost town of a community,
with boardwalks between the buildings, of the sort I was looking for
(but couldn't imagine) for a certain group of people I am writing
about who are on their way to one of those. I would have missed it if
we hadn't gone there specifically, as it was not on the same route we
were originally taking.

There's more, but this post is getting
too long, so I will add to the list on the end of the next one. And
the next one, and the next one, until there aren't any more “divine
interventions” to report. But something tells me that will never
happen.

3 comments:

And thank heavens for you too. What an encouraging post. It's just so hard sometimes to wait but with each resolution to a problem that looks impossible our faith grows. And seeing it in other's lives makes it grow even more. THANK YOU for posting your list!!

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